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 '''''Oren''''' was the [[codename]] assigned to a Baltic-German [[double agent]] in South-East Asia by [[British Intelligence]] during [[World War I]].
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 ==Espionage==
-''Oren's'' intelligence passed on to the British Consul in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], W.E. Beckett<ref>Alec Gordon article,
+Oren's intelligence passed on to the British Consul in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], W.E. Beckett<ref>Alec Gordon article,
-"Rising Profits and Fears of Forfeiture in Neutral Netherlands East Indies during World War One", ''Social Scientist'' Vol. 42, No. 7/8 (July–August 2014), pp. 47-61 </ref> along with the intelligence passed on by another German agent [[Vincent Kraft]], was instrumental in uncovering parts of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]], especially the plans to ship arms to [[India]] on board the {{SS|Maverick}} in June 1915.  ''Oren'' also passed on information on the operations of [[Jatindranath Mukherjee]]'s agent [[Narendranath Bhattacharya]] with German ministers in South-East Asia, and of Jatin's [[Christmas Day Plot|plans for revolt]] in the Indian Army in [[Bengal]] in August 1915.
+"Rising Profits and Fears of Forfeiture in Neutral Netherlands East Indies during World War One", ''Social Scientist'' Vol. 42, No. 7/8 (July–August 2014), pp. 47-61 </ref> along with the intelligence passed on by another German agent [[Vincent Kraft]], was instrumental in uncovering parts of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]], especially the plans to ship arms to [[India]] on board the {{SS|Maverick}} in June 1915.  Oren also passed on information on the operations of [[Jatindranath Mukherjee]]'s agent [[Narendranath Bhattacharya]] with German ministers in South-East Asia, and of Jatin's [[Christmas Day Plot|plans for revolt]] in the Indian Army in [[Bengal]] in August 1915.{{fact|date=February 2025}}
-Based on Oren's intelligence, the ''Maverick'' was seized.{{dubious|1=Dubious: Maverick seized|date=September 2022}}  Meanwhile in India, police destroyed the underground movement in [[Calcutta]] as an unaware Jatin proceeded according to plan to the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast in [[Balasore]].  He was followed there by Indian police and on 9 September 1915, he and a group of five revolutionaries armed with [[Mauser pistol|Mauser]] pistols made a last stand on the banks of the river Burha Balang.  Seriously wounded in a gun battle that lasted seventy five minutes, Jatin died the next day in the town of Balasore.<ref name=Gupta12>{{Harvnb|Gupta|1997|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Strachan802>{{Harvnb|Strachan|2001|p=802}}</ref><ref name=Popplewell291>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=291}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2022}}<ref name=Dignan63>{{Harvnb|Dignan|1983|p=63}}</ref>
+Based on Oren's intelligence, the ''Maverick'' was seized.{{dubious|1=Dubious: Maverick seized|date=September 2017}}  Meanwhile in India, police destroyed the underground movement in [[Calcutta]] as an unaware Jatin proceeded according to plan to the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast in [[Balasore]].  He was followed there by Indian police and on 9 September 1915, he and a group of five revolutionaries armed with [[Mauser pistol|Mauser]] pistols made a last stand on the banks of the river Burha Balang.  Seriously wounded in a gun battle that lasted seventy five minutes, Jatin died the next day in the town of Balasore.<ref name=Gupta12>{{Harvnb|Gupta|1997|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Strachan802>{{Harvnb|Strachan|2001|p=802}}</ref><ref name=Popplewell291>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=291}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2017}}<ref name=Dignan63>{{Harvnb|Dignan|1983|p=63}}</ref>
 Oren's true identity was never disclosed by Beckett.
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	"Rising Profits and Fears of Forfeiture in Neutral Netherlands East Indies during World War One", ''Social Scientist'' Vol. 42, No. 7/8 (July–August 2014), pp. 47-61 </ref> along with the intelligence passed on by another German agent [[Vincent Kraft]], was instrumental in uncovering parts of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]], especially the plans to ship arms to [[India]] on board the {{SS\|Maverick}} in June 1915. ''Oren'' also passed on information on the operations of [[Jatindranath Mukherjee]]'s agent [[Narendranath Bhattacharya]] with German ministers in South-East Asia, and of Jatin's [[Christmas Day Plot\|plans for revolt]] in the Indian Army in [[Bengal]] in August 1915.		"Rising Profits and Fears of Forfeiture in Neutral Netherlands East Indies during World War One", ''Social Scientist'' Vol. 42, No. 7/8 (July–August 2014), pp. 47-61 </ref> along with the intelligence passed on by another German agent [[Vincent Kraft]], was instrumental in uncovering parts of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]], especially the plans to ship arms to [[India]] on board the {{SS\|Maverick}} in June 1915. ''Oren'' also passed on information on the operations of [[Jatindranath Mukherjee]]'s agent [[Narendranath Bhattacharya]] with German ministers in South-East Asia, and of Jatin's [[Christmas Day Plot\|plans for revolt]] in the Indian Army in [[Bengal]] in August 1915.

	Based on Oren's intelligence, the ''Maverick'' was seized.{{dubious\|1=Dubious: Maverick seized\|date=September ~~2017~~}} Meanwhile in India, police destroyed the underground movement in [[Calcutta]] as an unaware Jatin proceeded according to plan to the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast in [[Balasore]]. He was followed there by Indian police and on 9 September 1915, he and a group of five revolutionaries armed with [[Mauser pistol\|Mauser]] pistols made a last stand on the banks of the river Burha Balang. Seriously wounded in a gun battle that lasted seventy five minutes, Jatin died the next day in the town of Balasore.<ref name=Gupta12>{{Harvnb\|Gupta\|1997\|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Strachan802>{{Harvnb\|Strachan\|2001\|p=802}}</ref><ref name=Popplewell291>{{Harvnb\|Popplewell\|1995\|p=291}}</ref>{{failed verification\|date=September ~~2017~~}}<ref name=Dignan63>{{Harvnb\|Dignan\|1983\|p=63}}</ref>		Based on Oren's intelligence, the ''Maverick'' was seized.{{dubious\|1=Dubious: Maverick seized\|date=September 2022}} Meanwhile in India, police destroyed the underground movement in [[Calcutta]] as an unaware Jatin proceeded according to plan to the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast in [[Balasore]]. He was followed there by Indian police and on 9 September 1915, he and a group of five revolutionaries armed with [[Mauser pistol\|Mauser]] pistols made a last stand on the banks of the river Burha Balang. Seriously wounded in a gun battle that lasted seventy five minutes, Jatin died the next day in the town of Balasore.<ref name=Gupta12>{{Harvnb\|Gupta\|1997\|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Strachan802>{{Harvnb\|Strachan\|2001\|p=802}}</ref><ref name=Popplewell291>{{Harvnb\|Popplewell\|1995\|p=291}}</ref>{{failed verification\|date=September 2022}}<ref name=Dignan63>{{Harvnb\|Dignan\|1983\|p=63}}</ref>

	Oren's true identity was never disclosed by Beckett.		Oren's true identity was never disclosed by Beckett.
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'''''Oren''''' was the [[codename]] assigned to a Baltic-German [[double agent]] in South-East Asia by [[British Intelligence]] during [[World War I]].

==Identity==
Although his true identity is unknown, he is believed to be a man of [[Sweden|Swedish]] descent. Author Nigel West states that he was a [[Baltic Germans|Baltic German]].<ref>N. West, ''Historical Dictionary of World War 1 Intelligence'', "Christmas Day Plot" entry, p 55; [[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]].</ref>

==Espionage==
''Oren's'' intelligence passed on to the British Consul in [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]], W.E. Beckett<ref>Alec Gordon article,
"Rising Profits and Fears of Forfeiture in Neutral Netherlands East Indies during World War One", ''Social Scientist'' Vol. 42, No. 7/8 (July–August 2014), pp. 47-61 </ref> along with the intelligence passed on by another German agent [[Vincent Kraft]], was instrumental in uncovering parts of the [[Hindu–German Conspiracy]], especially the plans to ship arms to [[India]] on board the {{SS|Maverick}} in June 1915. ''Oren'' also passed on information on the operations of [[Jatindranath Mukherjee]]'s agent [[Narendranath Bhattacharya]] with German ministers in South-East Asia, and of Jatin's [[Christmas Day Plot|plans for revolt]] in the Indian Army in [[Bengal]] in August 1915.

Based on Oren's intelligence, the ''Maverick'' was seized.{{dubious|1=Dubious: Maverick seized|date=September 2017}} Meanwhile in India, police destroyed the underground movement in [[Calcutta]] as an unaware Jatin proceeded according to plan to the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast in [[Balasore]]. He was followed there by Indian police and on 9 September 1915, he and a group of five revolutionaries armed with [[Mauser pistol|Mauser]] pistols made a last stand on the banks of the river Burha Balang. Seriously wounded in a gun battle that lasted seventy five minutes, Jatin died the next day in the town of Balasore.<ref name=Gupta12>{{Harvnb|Gupta|1997|p=12}}</ref><ref name=Strachan802>{{Harvnb|Strachan|2001|p=802}}</ref><ref name=Popplewell291>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=291}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2017}}<ref name=Dignan63>{{Harvnb|Dignan|1983|p=63}}</ref>

Oren's true identity was never disclosed by Beckett.

== References ==

===Footnotes===
{{reflist}}

===Notations===
* {{Citation
| surname1 = Gupta
| given1 = Amit K

| title = Defying Death: Nationalist Revolutionism in India, 1897-1938
| work=Social Scientist
| volume=25
| issue=9/10
| date=Sep–Oct 1997
| pages=3–27
| url =
| issn= 0970-0293
}}
* {{Citation
| surname1 = Strachan
| given1 = Hew
| year = 2001
| title = The First World War
| volume=I: To Arms
| url =
| publisher = Oxford University Press, USA
| ISBN= 0-19-926191-1
}}
* {{Citation
| surname1 = Popplewell
| given1 = Richard J
| year = 1995
| title = Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904-1924.
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H44J2uDSE2cC&pg=PA291
| publisher = Routledge
| ISBN = 0-7146-4580-X
}}
* {{Citation
| surname1 = Dignan
| given1 = Don
| year = 1983
| title = The Indian revolutionary problem in British Diplomacy, 1914-1919
| url =
| publisher = New Delhi, Allied Publishers
| ISBN =
}}

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[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:World War I spies for Germany]]